The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Leptocereus quadricostatus
Also called Sebucan
Leptocereus quadricostatus, the sebucan or pitahaya, is a columnar cactus native to dry forests and scrub in Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands, and is listed as endangered by the IUCN. It is a tree-like succulent that needs very well-drained soil and little water.
Leptocereus quadricostatus, known as the sebucan (Spanish: sebucán), is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is found in Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. As of 2011, the IUCN classified the cactus as endangered.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leptocereus quadricostatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
